If You In April Didn't lind a suitable house to rent, our cent-a-word col Is the time to advertise um brellas, tubing taoKle, gar den seeds and bird Cages, Call us when you want help. umn is i re ? x suits. -- e. EIGHT PAGES--5G COLUMNS. SCRAKTON. PA.. THURSDAY MOUSING. APH7L 1S4. TWO CENTS A COPY. T TO Fill TH III Ml THE 1 Tl F 1 JVJ Vr7 n E 1EI 1 EMS HOUSE WILL NO! IGNORE VETO Bland Falls to Secure a Two-Thirds Vole on Seigniorage. SENATE LIKE A GROPING MOLE Warm Speeches Made on the Tariff Bill by Mr. Allison and Mr. Mills. The Member from Texas Declares the Republican Eills Un-American and Unjust The Action of the House in Refusing to Pass the Sil ver Bill Has Occasioned Some Sur priseMr. Qua Reads Before the Senate. The house by a vote of 144 yeas to US nays, not the necessary two-thirds, has refused to puss the eeiguiorage bill over the president' veto. Washington, Aoril 4. 71 (71 R. QUAY, Pennsylvania, prc n snted the memorial of the W board of trade of Philadelphia JuLI HBl;i n(t for adequate duties on agar and att"inptod to have it read, but Mr. Harris. Tennessee, objected, and when Mr. Qnay was proceeding to read it himself further objection was made by Mr. Harrin under the rules, and a somewhat lively discussion en sued which whs ended by the vice preaident sustaining the point of ordr. The resolution offered by Mr. Peffer (Kan.) instructing Uio fiamce commit tee to report a bill to repeal all laws authorizing the issne of bonds or inter dt-beariug security of the United Statea without express authority by act of emigres, was taken ud and a aptech in support of it was made bv Mr. Pfffer. He was speaking at 2 o'clock, when the resolution went over without action till tomorrow, and the tariff biil was (aid before the senate. Mr. Allison, Iowa, continued the speech begun vetterday against th bill. H" criticiz d the action of th finance committee in departing from the principle of ad valorem duties in ihe matter of iron and steel, coal, iron or and sugar and intimated that that discrimination was ma 1" for the pnr pos" of obtaining tne support of the influences which surround the produc tion of those products in the United States. SENATE COMPARED TO A 1IOLK. The biH as it came from the house ws estimated to produce a revenue of $124,000,000, as it came from the fin ance ci nimittea the estimated revenue was $103,000,000. The uroduct of the dntv n angar wm estimated at I2. 000,000, nnd if that were struck from the finance committe bill, the revenue under it wonld be fl. 000,000 less than under the house bill. He complained that there was no detailed statement reported by the finance committee as to the in crease or reduction of importations that would follow the passaire of the bill, and compared the condition of the senate to that of a blind mole winding its way under-ground. The senate did not know how the revenues would com ont at the end of the fiscal year, al though tho expenditure would amount to $451,000,000. Mr. Mills, Texas, replied to Mr. Alli son's argument and contended that the specific system of duties so extolled by the senator from Iowa was a tax levied on articles by quantities, disregarding value, and was an un-American, nn Democratic and unjnst system, while thf ad valorem system was a tax levied ooarlichi according to their valne, and was a fair and just system HOUSE REFUSES TO r.SS SEIONIORAflE. Washington, April 4 Very much vo iuD nuijiiist wi HimuHi. wvery one me house today disposed of the Bland seigniorage bill, refusing to pass it over the president's veto, the vote being yeas 144. nays 114, not the two-thirds required by the constitution. The bill came up after the house had voted to eat Warren D. English (Dem.), aa representative from the Third district of California in place of Samuel G. Hi I born (Rep.). Mr. Bland had been willing to give way with his seigniorage bill to the bill passed by the senate yesterdav to enforce and make effective the regula tions for the protection of the fur seal, recommended by the Paris tribnnal of arbitration, but a demand was made hy Mr, Puyne, New York, for the regular order. This cleared the way for tho Bland bill, and its author called up the presi dent's veto message. He gave notice that he wouid ask the previous ques tion on the motion to pais the bill over tne veto at 8 p. m. Saturday, but in tho confusion which prevailed, while the matter of an agreement upon closing debate was being discnsied, no at tempt was made to Bpeak on the bill or message until after the speaker had put the question of the pissage of the bill and the roll call had begun. lie men declared it to be too lato to enter upon debate and against the pro teits of Republicaus and Democrats opposed to the passage of the bill, and amid great excitement, he ordored the roll aall to proceed to a conclusion. It was completed at 5 o'clock, and innn - luiulv rmnn t.llA n n in in ,1. , t ,.. .t be bill had failed to pais the house ad ourned until tomorrow. , ALL BRIGHT AT BETHLEHEM. DTK lUaUDIIII At t in Iron IVi 1 1 1 e TVi.nn Thousand Men Employed. Bethlehem, April 4. The pnddle III III V I .1 in I U iiiJTI I I ,li emiitw..,.. CBUiUQU vvwirk IUUJIJ, Willi Beveil OI tQQ m 14 fa i ui uai ra in ill ii n i. I ni MH iiii i riii Oil TYOaU KIVUU tf 111 UIO V I II L. 1 II Mm - n operation. Nearly 3,000 men are at Secretary of the Navy Herbert spent H uit-HLt'i I II L ill I iih i II v in inananrinir UIVIIIU1WU, II,. llttVJ- tl'HU'-IB nder way in the ordnana.i department f the Bethlehem Iron company. He liuawn i " . ...... , 1 1 1, w 1 a. iiimiin nd of side armor for the Iowa, Brool;- , . .. - n auu juassacuusetis anu saw tlie i'j ton hammer forge a diagonal plate for the Iowa. Commodore Sampson ac companied him. They expressed them selves as very well pleased with the work. MtUNItR UNO! H ARREST. The Notoiious French Anarchist Cauuht at Liverpool London, April 4 The notorious an archist, Meunier, the accomplice of Francois and the avenger of Kavacbol, was arrested this hvening by Inspector Mellville at the Liverpool street station. Tho police of three countries have been tracing bis movemenu over since the explosion at the Cafe Vere in Paris al most two years ago. The charge on which he was arrested this evening was that in causing this explosion he became guilty of murder ing the proprietor, who died of his in juries a few days after tho cafe wag nlowu up. The motive of Meunier und his accomplices iu exploding the bomb was to puuish the men who hod be trayed Ravachol to the police und se cured his arrest in the cafe. BATTLETO GRIM DEATH. Desperate Fighting Between Indians, Cowboys and Settlers In Oklahoma. El Reno, Okla., April 4. A battle with Winchesters occurred Sunday betweeu the Indians and white men who went ou the open reservation. It was the climax to the old feud which has existed for some time. The battle was lietween the Indians of Whirl wind's band of Cnuyennes and the whites who hold possession of the vacant lands on t ho old Cheyenne reser vation The cattlemen have persisted in putting their cattle to graze on the Indian allotments which iiave never tieen feneed or otherwise shut off from the common. The Indiana would not bnva objected to the occupation of the land if the white men paid them the tribute which was demanded. When the Indians did not get their money, they stole thecat tlo, which tin' v considered belonged to them. Getting holder and less hon est, the Cbeyenues stole nil the cattle winch they could lay tneir hauls oci. A party of OOWboyi caught the Indi ans in the act last Sunday and fired ou them. A battle ensued whicii lasted far into the night. The Indians who w re camped in the locality came to the assistauee of their friends, and the white settlers considered it their duty to kilt off a few more Indian! for the ood of the community. A courier rodo to Fort Reno, sixty miles from the scene of the rigctiuj,', and Informed the soldiers stationed turre an well as the agent at Darlington. B and K troops of the Third cavalry were at one despatehed to the scene of the battle, They fonud iho lighting still in progress. At tbat time ten or twelve men had been killed. The fight had waged with hate on both sides. The deep canyons and tree-lined creeks lnakb it an ideal country for bushwhackitig.Every sheltering (iround is being taken possesion of by the settlers' families, arid farms have been abandoned for a time. CiLLED THEM BUZZ ROS. Jude Bradlev'a Opinion of the Pollard Brckinrldtro Spectators Washington, April 4. Coi. Breckin ridge eudud his testimony to-day after having been on the stand almost c n tinnonsly since Thursday. Then Major Butterworth took up the redirect ex amination, which elicited nothing new, but just before tho court adjourned at 2:45 Judge Bradley took occasion to animadvert in severe terms on the mor bid curiosity which packed the court every day with spectators, "like a crowd of buzzards over a putrid car cass " Tomorrow the defense may submit some additional testimony, hut it is more likely that the rebuttal of the plaintiff's evidence will begin and there is every indication that all theevidence will be before tne jury when the. court adjourns over on Friday until Monday. DEATH FROM YELLOW JACK. Seaman on Ci.lt.. Bark.i Expire on Voy agM from Rio. Baltimore, April 4. The dread yel low quarantine flag flouts from the foremast head of the coffeo barks, Jose phine and Julia Rollins, anchored (iff the Hawkins Point quarantine, and passing crafts are giving the vessels a wid berth. The vessels arrived from mo this morning. The sen men of the Jose phine and two of the Julia Rollins were stricken down with yellow jack on the voyage, and in each case the disease was fatal, The unfortunate seamen were burled at sea almost as soon as the breath had left their bod is s. TILLMAN ENJOYS A SHAVE. The Governor of South Carolina Cele brate Peace In a Barber Shop. Columbia, S. C, April 4 Every thing is quite here today. Governor Tillman walked down the street this morning, went into a barber shop and was shaved. While on the street he was not jeered or otherwise insulted. Both factions regard this aa an indica tion that conditions are more pacilie than they havo linen at any previous time since the excitement bogati. Mayor Fisher, of Columbia, says ho shall pay no attention to the governor's proclamation of yesterday taking con trol of the police under the advice of the city attorney. ) . CITIZENS WENT CUNNING. Now They Art in the Hands of the Mil Itia. Florence, S. C, April 4 Five citi zens of this place who admitted taking the guns from the armory and partic ipating in the pursuit of the constables on Friday last were arrested today hy the officer in command of the militia here. The men were arrested under tho authority of the proclamation ol the governor proclaiming msrtial law They were plaod on parole not to leave the city limits, and r. quired to report to Major WarUl.iw everv morning. FIRST BATTLE II COKE LAND An Army of Rioting Foreigners Repulsed by Deputy Sheriffs. TWO !i.EN ARE FATALLY BEATEN Numerous Special Officers are Sworn In Prepared to Fight in Earnest. Many Plants Forced to Close Two Thousand Strikers March Upon the Works Between Mount Pleasant and Connellsnille for the Purpose of Driving the Workmen Out The Situation is Critical. UttlONTOWN, Pa., April 4. THE war betweeu the strikers anil the workmen is now on in earn est, and a number of serious outbreaks are reported. The Worst of these was a murderous assault on Andy Miller, a Uungarian, near Trotter, shortly before midnight He wasjattacked by lifty rollers, and being taken for a workman was horribly henteu with clubs au 1 stones, He was released only wheu thought to be dead, He will not live, Trotter whs the scene of the wildest disorder. Nearly 1,000 Hungarians having camped there for the night, they look possession of the company's grounds and carried ou in a most dis graceful maimer Miller was ou his way from Moyerto Trotter, lie is a striker from the Trot ter works, but lives at Moyer. The strikers took him for a workman, and without iii-king anv questions assaulted him and beat him into inseueibility with clubs and stones. Cov ered with blood and uncon scious ho was left lying on the road, 'the members that camped at Trotter moved to New Haven, where they were joined by strikers from tile southern end of the regions. They number nearly 2,000 men and all are armed with guns, iron bars, picks and shovels. Tnis afttrnoou they started northward for the purpose of visiting all the works between Con nelluville and Mount Pleasunt where the strike has never been recognized. In this Motion there are about 4,000 men at work under the pi-jteetiou of armed depUtiei, and it forms the wedga between the extreme southern and northern ends of the coke field. If the atrikeis do not succeed in driving the men from these places, the movement will bj lost. ALL SOUTH PLANTS ARE CLOSED. About 300 men from the works nnrtli of here marched to the Leitli and Browntieid works of the Fiick com pany, and to the Fiiirehance works of the Fairchance Furnace company, and drove the men from the yards. Very little resistance was offered and now all the plants south of Connellsville are shut down. The workmen at the Mount Brad dock works of the W. J. Rainey com pany were driven from the yards to day by rioters, and the plant is now shut down, as are all the plants of the Rainey company. A delegation of rioters also visited the Wheeler nnd Morrell works of the McClure com pny and compelled the men workinir to law down their tools and vacate the ground?. A workman from the Painter plant of the McClure company was assaulted by wives of the strikers last night and clubbed into insensibility. The Mayfiold aud D.uiuelly plants of the McClure Coke company, on the Mount Pleasant brancii, were the scene of the first pitched battle, which oc curred about 10 30 today. Tti rioters had assembled In largo numbers and wore parading around the works with color, flying. The men wr working both in the yards and in tiie nit, and Hie Strikers asked them to come out. No response was given. Superinten dent Boyle and fifteen Hrmed denuties were in charge of the works and warned the strikers not to trespass. The rioters paid no attention to it an d made a rush on the works. HUNGARIAN MORTALLY WOCHDBD. The first move called forth a volley of shot from the guards, and oue Hun garian fell mortally wounded. The invaders turned and fled, carrying their wounded companion with them and leaving the plants in operation. About fiftoen shots were fired." Sheriff McCaun, of Westmoreland, arrived on the ground at noon with a posse of deputies The coke region is now in a more critical coudition than at any time since the famous riots of 1891. Pittsburg, April 4. A Connellsville special says two more strikers have been shot by deputies at Broad ford shortly after 7 o'clock tonight. This makes a total of six persons killed and oue fatally wounded in the coko region today. Mount Pliasant, Pa., April 4 It is aaid that 500 strikers will swoop down on the Moorewood plant early tomorrow morning when me meu uo to work. Sheriff MeCaon is there with ninety well armed men, waiting for tho charge. Mc'Jann's force num bers thri-e or four times as many as Captaiu Lear bad at toil plant three years ago yenUrdty, when a mob of 1,000 Slavs was put to flight, leaviug ten dead men on the lield. Ueneral Manager Lynch of the Frick company, went to Moorewood this evening to give the sheriff the benefit of bis knowledge of handling strikers. Pittsburg, Ph., April 4. A large consignment of arms have been sent by the Hi", it Western Gun company, of tills cily lo the deputy sheriffs guard ing the coke plains in the vicinity of today's riots near Coiinellsville. Mem ber! of the National (4anrd living in this vicinit.v hnv been notified bythoir superior officers lo keep thvmnelves in readiness in casii a call lo arms is issue t by the governor. Adjutant (ieuerai Greenland came to Couuelleville today to ezamiue into the situation. He regards the outlook with concern, but has not de.orminsd to call out the militia. i TWELFTH BODY FOUND. Only One Victim' Remains nra Now In the G n lord Mine. Wilkrs-BarrI', Pm., April 4. The body of Thomas Moran, the oldeit miner in the Gaylord mine, was dis covered at midnight. He was found face turned from the rescuers ae if lie had become confused and turned back when the fall came. Only tne body of Picton retnnins in the mine. Morgan leaves seven child ren, DR. SPAYN SHOOTS A NEGRO. Aocuoed of Complicity In Die pessary Troubles Ha Seuka lUvrmite. Darlington, S. C, April 4 At the Cleveland house here today Dr. Spayn shot nnd killed a negro cook who hud reported him as being one of those who w-re concernod In the dispensary trans action winch caused tbe resent riot. Spayn was at once arrested and taken to police headquarters. SNAGS ARE ENCOUNTERED. Pittsburg Police Are Hostile to Coxey's Army and Object to Parades. Pittsburo, April 4 Fate in the pnise of hostile police hue overtaken Coxey's cohorts, und today the men are corraled in the camping ground at Exposition park. Chief Murphy of the Allegheny police absolutely refuses to allow a parade today, and has further emphatically negatived the proposal of a theatrical mnuager to have the army visit tonight's performance. In like manner, the army has refused admis sion to the camp to all people, and a state of armed neutrality exists. The local Populist leaders are very angry at the action by which the army i.s kept in the park enclosure. Sveral of them made vigorous protests to Mayor Kennedy this morning.bnt with out any effect. This afternoon wsr between Chief Marshal Browne, of the commonweal army and Manager Bnckenberger, of tho Pittsburg Base Ball club, ou where park the army is encamped, over the admittance of the public to the park was nmicubly adjusted and the army will remain iu its pri-ceut quorters Un til tomorrow morning. The gates, however, remain closed against all ex cept those specially specified by Mar shal Browne, Thiity two recruits joined the army this morniug. No more, it Is expect od, will be enrolled until tomorrow evening. SHILOH FOR A PARK. The Famous EatUefltld Will Probably Be Beught b the Government. Washington, April 4 The commit tee whichjwas aent to the Shiloh battK field to secure that famous lield for a great national memorial park has se cured y, 500 acres, covering the main battlefield, at Viry reasonable prices, and will recommend that the govern ment pnrchase the land for this pur pose nnd care lor the thousands of graves scattered ail over the battle field. The movement is endorsed by many thousands of the old soldiers of that battle nortli and south. A grand two days' reunion will bo hold on the bat tlefield Friday and Saturday. APPEAL SO,'. 7HE REFUGEES. Presided Cleveland Aeked to Interfere in Behalf of Brazilians. WASHINGTON, D, C, April 4 Presi dent Cleveland last nitfht received a cabled appeal from the Masonie lodge of Argentine urging him lo intercede to have the government of Argentine permit tho landing of refugees from the Portuguese vesrelg at Buenos Ayres. The administration holds that it can not consistently take action whero the interest of American! Bre not jeopar -diznd and no exception can be made in this itistanve. TREASURE IN A GARRET. Over Three Thoueand Dollars Found in a Bcokery at Carlinle. Carlisle, April 4 While apprais ers were looking up the property of James MoKee, of Mifflin township to day, in mm old chest in the garret was found ji3,Si!. 80 tied up in a mouldy paper. Tho money is supposed to have been put then forly ye.irs ago. Eighteen hundred dollars of the money was in gold, ifflOO in silver and the balance in pup-r money. AH the mony was covered witn mould. .v VACnTION FOR HEYiiRMAN. The Comminder of the Keardarve Sue pmded Two Years. Washington, April 4 The sentence of the court martial iu the case of Commander O. F. Hfyermau, com mauding the Keersnrge when sho was wrecked, is two years' suspension on waitinu orders, lleyerman to retain his number and rank Tho court reeommended cleiuencv. The secretary of tlie navy has yet to approve tho II ntence. -et GUARD AGAINST CHOLERA. Besul'.j of tin Ric,it Intornatlouul Sni.it niv Conference. Paris, April 4 The international sanitary convention was signed loday, the United States and Great Britain making reservations as to a few minor dtnils. If the decisions and recommend itions of the conference are carriud ont it is believed that tho importation of chol era into the United Stales aud Europe will be effectually changed, FIRE IN A GROCERY STORE. It Wan Exilniruieh. d with but SlUht Diunae. At 1 110 this morning a (ire broke out in a kitchen in the rear of the grocery of James T. McHale, at Capouse ave nu" and Omen ltidg street. The 11 tines wore promptly controlled and but slight damage resulted. eOfvlB STARTLES THE PARISIANS DInsrs at Restaurant Foyot Are Thrown Into Panic hy an Explosion. THREE PERSONS ARE ARRESTED The Deadly Miosile Is Exploded on the Window Sill Two or Three Feet of the Wall Blown Out -Windows of Houses Two Hundred f-eet Away Are Shattered The Socialist Poet Tnillade Wounded Severely on the Head -The Whole Neighbor hood Shjken. Paris, April 4 n BOMB was ezploJed at 915 o'clock this evening on the win- dow Hill of tho restaurant Foyot, ti U iu the Rue Do Conde, near the Luxemburg. The restaurant was two thirds full oT late dinere. Pieces of the bomb flew through tho room, smashing b:s-j and crockery. Every boriy started for the doors, but tho panic ahaled as soon as it became evi dent that only one bomb had been placed. When the police arrived tbey found only three persons injured, ono Of them the socialist poet Taillade, who was wounded severely iu ttiu head The end of tho restaurant facing the Una Do Conde was partly wreoked, The window Bill and two or three feot of the wall wero blown out, the plaster was cleaned from the wall as if with a knifo and everything on the nearest tables was shattered in fragments. Not a window in the iiii" De Conde front of the building was I ft whole. THE l'AVKMKNT COVERED WITH GLASS The windows of houses for 800 feet Up and down the Street were smashed into small bits aud the pavement wat strown with glass. Tho whole neih bofhOOd was shake'i and the audience ill the Odeou theater, hardly loO yards distant, was badly frightened by the report nnd shock. At first many arose to leave, but the manajjor quieted their fears and the performance proceedud to the end. Many senators hurried . to tho cafe immediately after the explosion and the military guard of thu senate was called to arm. Teu minutes after the explosion the prefect of police was at hand and tha whole force of the dis trict was foeus6od spe-clily at the Foyot, so as to prevent the escape of the man whu placed the bomb. Im mediately after ihe explosion there was oue arrsst. The policeman who arrived at the restaurant first was informed by a by stander that a man then walking hur riedly down ihe street had just run out from the building next door. The policeman overtook tbe men and ar rested him. At 10 30 o'clock it was not known tnat the police had nny proof of the prisoner's ui It. MYSTERY O FULLER MURDER. Writ of II ,il Corpui Grantud in the Caeo of li'nir.". New York, April 4. -Judge Beach, in supreme court, chambora this after noou granted a writ of habeas corpus inlho case of Joseph T. Mngee, who is held for the slKOtiue of Martha J. Fuller. Tlie writ, is male returnable tomor row morning when Magee's diieharge will be asked for upon the ground that bis detention is illegal and not justified by the evidenc ej DRECM .EflDS TO MURDER. Patch's Room-mate Ihoaiht There Were Thitven in the Room. Houston, Tex., April 4 Elmer Mit chell and Ed Patch wero working for tho Morris road outfit at Crosby and were room ma'es. During Monday night Mitchell drtamed he was in the stable and that thioves were stealing the horses. ! Suiting his Istoli in his sleep he nreii, Killing raten instantly. Ho then ran out of the house, still asleep, and began a fusilade. Bl(f Fir nt Lancaster. LANCASTER, N. V., April 4 The entire htisine-s district of Lauoaster was wiped out by fire tonig t. The total loss will exceed HOD, 0(10. W i lli) CVER THE SEAS. Spain Will establish public works for the roller or the unemployed. David Powell has been re-elected gover nor of tile bank of England, The Servian cabinot has resigned and M. Nii'oiaievitrh formed a new ministry. Home Secretary Arqnith, of England, will marry Miss Jlnrgot Tennant on May 10. ICofsnth's sons are holding a series of re cautions at Budapest that may assume much political importance. one hundred and twenty uow war ships will be added to the lliili-h navy, or their couitirjctiou beenn, accordineto the ad. mlrality'b piogiamrae. 'ihe list comprises inmeen non-ciau warship, thirty-seven cruiser, sixty four torpedo destroyers and aix sloops, -ev AT THE NAflONAL CAPITAL. The postofflce department established 188 new money uraer i Dees yesterday, l ongressmen have since last fall ilis trlbuteu to their constituents t,uoo,ouo small bajjs of free seeds. Six Democratic senators are counted on to vote aaaiust the Wilson uiii on toonnt ol its funoine tux rider. Democrats in the senate strongly oppose confirmation oi Taylor, the negro nomi nated to be recorder of deeds of the Dis trict oi Columbia. . GRIM RtAPefi'S HARVEST. M. Abor, tho French artist. ('. W. Babb, a successful lawyer in Alle gheny City, Pa., aged T.Y Abbe Bfbour. parish priest of tho Church ot tin- Madeline, I'm is, who had refused bishopries forty-two times. At Lnaansonrt. Did.. ,1 ihu Beoktev. ai-ml 88, who had Just lott the Democracy to uocoine a ropousB, ANOTHER AFRICAN BRUSH. French Reconnoiierinir Party Attacked by Nu Uvea of Nsapa. Paris, April 4 The government hns received information that a French reconnoitering party in the southern part of tho Soudan was recently at tacked by a band of natives of the village of Nsnpa, and Lieutenant Le- cerf nnd three native soldiers were killed and sis others of the French party were wounded. I hv Chief of tbe village recalled his men when he made the discovery that it was a Freneh party be was attacking and humbly apologized for his act. He explained that ho mistook the native soldiers for a party of the warriors of a turbulent chief in the Bougie region, whom he had long intended to punish when he should catch him. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION. doseph Kollas and , Family are Wiped Out of Existence in a Twinkling. Pittsburg, April 4 A speeisl to the Times from Oil City, Pa., says: Joseph Kollas, a German, his wife and three ohildren, living in the northern part of the city, were killed tonight, ine result of au explosion at Kollas home. The whole rear end of the house was blown away and Kollas'body was found dismembered Ivinir beneath the debris. The head of one of the children yras almost severed from tbe body. Another was found near a shed two yards away, in a horribly mutil ated condition. Tho child of a neighbor, Joseph Fess tier, was playing in the yard when the explosion occurred. She lived for a few minutes, but was frightfully man gled. Mrs. Kollas and one child, who were in the kitchen at the time, were severely shocked, the mother dying af ter ocing removed to tuo hospital. The baby's yes were blown out aud it cau uot recover. The cause o? the accident is a mys tery, some saying it was a partly emntv c m of nitro-glyoerine while others say it wus a dynamite cap which Kollas was examining, the latter beimr the generally accepted theory. . THE MOSQUITO SITUATION. Captain Wataon Will Investigate Affairs at the Scene Of Turmoil. Washisuton. D. C, April 4 Cap tain Watson, of the San Francisco, ca bled the navy department last night stating that he had finished coaling anu would leavo nt once Tor Cnracoa, where Admiral Benham would leave the ship to take the steamer which would leave in u day or two for Now York. it is not expected that further news will be received from Captaiu Watson until he makes bis investigation iulo the Mosquito situation, aud communi cates with the department by way o! Colon. DIED AS HE HAD PREDICTED. An Atfed Man Thoueht Ha Would Ex pire on Hli 79th Uirlhdfty. Bristol, Pa., April 4 Somrf time ago John M. Smith, of Pleasant Val lv, predicted tii.it he wonld die on his T'.llh birthday, then closely approach ing. Yesterday was Smith's birthday, and true to his prophecy bo expired. IN OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH. In a Solvation Army row at Middlotown, Mayor Duflln was stoued. Au oratorio society with sixty voices has been organi.edin Pottsville. The Pottsville Young Mn's Christian association will build a $1,000 gymnas ium. linkers In many Pennsylvania towns have reduced tho price of bread 'JO per cent. For catching a squirrel near Monocacy, Berks conuty, Warren E. Koch was lined t):M. John Audros, of Tamaqua, is in jail for catching trout, tho season not having oponed yet. William Eyrlch was arrested In Beading, charged by his wife with attempting to burn her home. Fifty Pennsylvania canal bontg aro load ing coal at Nauticoke, and they will soon be gliding toward tidewater. A cave-in under tho Lehigh Valley rail road traclis at Shenandoah yesterday stop ped trains for several hours. Governor Pattison and other stnto offi cials will Httend the dedication of the Mate Normal school at Clarion next Tues day. Twenty tons of metal can bo melted at ono time in it now galvanizing kettle just placed in the Heading Iron company's works at Reading. The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed yesterday for Penusylva ilia: James O'Kourke, Archbald; W. II. Crosby, Hlou Summit. Thu'o is not B liquor saloon in Greene county. There ws only one application for hotel license, thut ot E, O. Ewing. and ho has withdrawn his application. Tem perance opposition was too much for hue. e - FLASHED FROM THE WIRES. The Baptist Young People's Union of America is in annual session at New York. Honor Yglesias, secretary of state of Costa tiiea, was yesterday elected presi dent. In h Boston lodging house blare Rev. I. M. Babcock, a retired clergyman, was tound suffocated in bod. fSAfter a week's mystery the bullet-riddled body of Bev. N. Nolan, au evangelistj v as found near Homer, Touu. Searchers in the mountains noar Port land, Ore., failed to find J. L. Downing and J. L. Law, who are thought to be lost. Melancholy drove Harry W. Hudson, a wealthy Oswego druggist, to shoot him self on a train near White Plains, N. Y. Ten yean in prison Confronts Mrs. Au gusta Boiimldti of BTokomo, Ind., who killed Oscar Walton, a tenant, m a quarrel, For his 188,000 embezzlement from the Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre Coal company, William T. Zell. of New York, was given four years in prison. . - WEATHcR FORECAST. Wakhiniiton, April 4. Fori--rast or Tkurtday: h'm- fijuettm Vnii .!! ni(i,yeiicrn(jiiir sgf. (We M-i'mls: slitil.tlu rmtltr I CLLAR Thursday cmn'iiy. For Hera AnMV'vnHfo, fair but pestiNg IfgM loeal i H in .s on Wis luA'cx; cooler, weetsWy Kinds, FINLEY'S Laces. Laces. THE DEMAND for Trimming Laces this season is unpar alleled and designs more attractive than ever before. We are now showing an im mense variety of the most popular and novel styles, includ ing Point Venise, Point De Gene, Point De Esprit, Honiton and Marquise, In White, Ecru and Butter Shades. Piatt Vals, in all widths, Fine Torchons and Medicis, White Ecru and Black Galoons. Elegant stock of BLACK LACES, in Marquise, Bor deaux and Chantillys. Our usual line of Real Laces and Lace Handker chiefs, in Duchesse, Eng lish Thready Valenciennes, Etc. 510 and 612 Lackawanna A?t IHE EUTTft PERU & FAMOUS Maltese Cross RUBBER BELTING AND HGSB. C7IAS. A. BCHIERBN & CO. '8 PERFORATED ELECTRIC And Oak-tanned Leather Belting, H. A. Kingsbury AOENT 313 Spruce St., Scranton, Pa. Lewis, Reilly & Davies Ladies show frtendi our 91.50, 2, &.fto nnii 8HOK0, nnd so enthustastto are thoy OTtf tholr ptirchatna thatona "nlv w uuro to be tliu Duafia of making anothers LEWIS, REILLY I DAVIES 114 Wyoming Ave. We Examine Eyes Free of oliarge. 1 f a doctor M nettled you are promptly told bo. Wo also guarantee a per iod lit. Great reduction in prices of Cut Glass and Silver ware for one week only. I J. ICIl, ARCADE JBWELER, 215 WYOMING AVE. rip I $
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